CONSTERNATION AMONG CATHOLICS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 107, 8 January 1915, Page 2

CONSTERNATION AMONG CATHOLICS.

EXPLANATION TO BE DEMANDED. BERLIN JUSTIFIES CARDINAL MERCIER'S ARREST. (Reed. 1.40 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. fi. The Roman Catholic community has been thrown into a state of consternation by Cardinal Mercier's arrt'dt. If the Reichstag is in session the Centre Party will insist on an explanation. The step is described as an unpardonable blunder. It is semi-oPlcially stated in Berlin that everybody agreed that Mercier was justified in consoling civilians in the severe times, an*! in urging them to remain quiet, bat he : transgressed his authority when ' he misconstrued his rights and obligations to bis church * when, in a pastoral, be interfered ill a political quarrel between nations. GE RM AN S GATH E RING COPPE R. DOORS AND PUMPS TAKEN. BIG BATTLE FORESHADOWED. (Reed. 1,45 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. «. Germans at Liege and other towns are requisitioning copper from doors, pumps and ether articles. Great German reinforcement? in the Ccurtrai district foreshadow an attempt to pierce the Allies' line north-west of Ypres.